It's Tuesday, February 18th.

I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waddey, the show that is not upset about the NBA All-Star Game

because it did not watch the NBA All-Star game.

Easy solution.

On today's show, Mexico kindly urges Google to change the name of the Gulf of America back to Gulf of Mexico.

And President Donald Trump grants Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the authority to look into the use of antidepressants and weight loss drugs by children.

But let's start with the Department of Education, which, as of this very moment, still exists, but

maybe not for long. It's been a longstanding goal for many conservatives to destroy the Department

of Education, which was established in 1980. Under President Donald Trump, and with the help of

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency, and soon-to-be-confirmed Secretary of Education

Linda McMahon, they're getting their shot. In fact, here's President Trump telling reporters on February

4th that the plan is for McMahon to be unemployed soon.

I told Linda, Linda, I hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. I want her to put

herself out of a job. Now want her to put herself out of a job.

Now, technically, Trump can't just get rid of the education department without Congress.

But as we've seen over the last few weeks, he can sure weaken it with the cudgel of Doge.

Last week, ProPublica reported that the Trump administration canceled nearly a billion dollars in contracts

stemming from the Education Department, contracts largely focused on research and statistics on school

safety and performance. McMahon described during her confirmation hearings exactly how the Department

of Education could be dissolved. What about the needs of students with disabilities? Here's what

she told New Hampshire Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan.

I think it could very well go back to HHS, where it started.

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